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Social Issues and Policies

Social Issues and Policies is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 2.6k research works in it since 1951. 18.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of economic policies, market failures, and globalization on social disparities, poverty, and community well-being. It delves into issues of economic inequality, social justice, sustainability, and public policy, with a focus on wealth distribution and labor markets.

  • Economic Inequality
  • Social Justice
  • Globalization
  • Poverty
  • Market Failures
  • Sustainability
  • Public Policy
  • Wealth Distribution
  • Community Well-being
  • Labor Markets
Research works
2.6k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
475
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-21%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Social Issues and Policies research?

By volume, the United Kingdom and Australia publish the most (82 and 46 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United Kingdom 82 works
  2. 2 Australia 46 works
  3. 3 United States 34 works
  4. 4 Ireland 12 works
  5. 5 France 8 works
  6. 6 Canada 8 works
  7. 7 New Zealand 7 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 7 works
  9. 9 Poland 6 works
  10. 10 Italy 6 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United Kingdom: 38.0%Australia: 21.3%United States: 15.7%Ireland: 5.5%6 others listed: 19.5%38%largest
United Kingdom82 · 38.0%Australia46 · 21.3%United States34 · 15.7%Ireland12 · 5.5%6 others listed42 · 19.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Social Issues and Policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Australian National University publishes the most Social Issues and Policies research, followed by University of Oxford and University of Canberra.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Australian National UniversityAustralia 4 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 3 works
  3. 3 University of CanberraAustralia 3 works
  4. 4 Deakin UniversityAustralia 3 works
  5. 5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 3 works
  6. 6 UNSW SydneyAustralia 3 works
  7. 7 University College DublinIreland 2 works
  8. 8 The University of SydneyAustralia 2 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 2 works
  10. 10 Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 2 works

Where is Social Issues and Policies research done?

The largest centres of Social Issues and Policies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Dublin (Ireland) and Sydney (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 18 works
  2. 2 Melbourne Australia 10 works
  3. 3 Dublin Ireland 8 works
  4. 4 Sydney Australia 8 works
  5. 5 Canberra Australia 8 works
  6. 6 Brisbane Australia 6 works
  7. 7 Oxford United Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiff United Kingdom 4 works
  9. 9 New York United States 4 works
  10. 10 Glasgow United Kingdom 3 works
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Is Social Issues and Policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Social Issues and Policies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.